Pharmaceutical Domain Senior Business Analyst

Position: Pharmaceutical Domain Senior Business Analyst

Location: Boston, MA. Hybrid. Prefer onsite in Boston from Day1.

Need local in Boston/MA or close by candidates in CT, Maine, New Hampshire etc.

Description:

Must have Pharmaceutical commercial domain business analysis experience.

Key Result Areas and Activities:

• Domain Expertise
  • Bring deep understanding of pharmaceutical commercial operations including sales performance, market access, medical affairs, digital engagement etc.
  • Analyze commercial data sources and translate insights into strategic recommendations.
  • Contribute to product launch readiness by defining data and reporting requirements aligned with brand and market strategy.
• Requirements
  • Act as a liaison between business stakeholders (Sales, Marketing, Market Access, etc.) and technical teams.
  • Translate business goals into functional requirements and/or user stories
  • Define and document business requirements (BRDs, user stories)
  • Define acceptance criteria for each user story and ensure all intake requirements are met
  • Work with business stakeholders to prioritize backlog enhancements based on business value, effort and need by date.
  • Conduct stakeholder workshops, user acceptance testing (UAT), and change management to ensure adoption of new systems or enhancements.
  • Facilitate requirement refinement sessions with data architects, reporting team, SME, and data owners.
  • Cross Functional Collaboration between multiple stakeholders like data teams, reporting teams, business, and data owners as required

Work and Technical Experience:

• Strong functional knowledge and experience in Commercial Analytics in areas like Market Access, Digital Engagement, Market Affairs, Patient Services, Drug Launches etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to collaborate with business product owners and users to understand data and analytics requirements for Commercial business areas

• Strong understanding of agile methodology and ability to convert business requirements into implementation ready Epics and user stories
• Well versed with using Jira

• Hands on knowledge with data querying, data analysis, data mining, reporting and analytics will be a plus
• Familiarity with Tools like Power BI, Snowflake, Oracle DB will be a plus

• Willing to work in US EST time zone (half day or more overlap will be preferred)

Must Have

• Strong functional knowledge and experience in Commercial Analytics in areas like Market Access, Digital Engagement, Market Affairs, Patient Services, Drug Launches etc.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret business requirements and convert them into functional specifications
• Able to manage own workload with minimal direction
• Excellent presentation and communication skills and ability to clearly and succinctly express ideas

Good To Have

• Experience with Business and data analysis in Pharmaceutical/Biotech Industry.
• Familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (Master's degree is a plus)
• Demonstrated continued learning through one or more technical certifications or related methods
• 10+ years of experience as Business Analyst